Flight's inability to land in Green Bay a waste of money

A Delta jet is de-iced before departing Austin Straubel International Airport.

Wednesday night (March 26) I was on a flight from Detroit to Green Bay that had been delayed by weather in Omaha, Neb. We flew into Green Bay airspace around midnight, circled a few times and went back to Detroit because there was snow on the runway and the operations crew had been sent home at 10:30 p.m., our pilots said.

Fortunately they had put on extra fuel so they could make the return safely. More than a few passengers were quite angry. Delta had to eat costs in fuel and a plane that needed repositioning. Passengers had to spend $50 to $200 for a few hours in a hotel around the Detroit airport. This is Green Bay's message to business - we are open, just not very late, and not in bad weather?

Tom Groenfeldt

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Flight's inability to land in Green Bay a waste of money

Wednesday night (March 26) I was on a flight from Detroit to Green Bay that had been delayed by weather in Omaha, Neb.

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